Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Waterford City
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26048, -7.10665
- SMR number
- WA009-005078-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
From: Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. vol. 2, 281.
Richard Walsh. 1610. N. wall of the nave of the Franciscan church (WA009-005032-).
Rectangular slab of fossiliferous limestone, cracked in two with chipped edges and a piece missing from the middle right side, set against the N wall of the nave. It is decorated in false relief with a marginal Gothic lettered inscription and a coat of arms above a skull. The arms are three arrows per chevron impaling three chevrons and the inscription is:
HIC JACET RECARDUS/ WALSH CIVIS WATERFORDIENSIS QUI PREFUIT HUIC XE - NODOCHIO 12/ ANOS MUNERE EJUS/ ET MAGNA IN PAUPERIS CHARITATE OBIIT…. MA II 1610
Dims. 1.91m x 0.69m; T 0.15m
Power (1894-5), 217; Mems. Dead VI (1904-06) 158.
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.